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Volume 30, Number 3

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THE BUTTERFLIES OF MISSISSIPPI—SUPPLEMENT NO. 21

Bryant Mather2 and Katharine Mather 213 Mt. Salus Drive, Clinton, Mississippi 39056

The first list of Mississippi butterflies (Weed, 1894) included 53 species; the second (Hutchins, 1933) included 73; the third (Mather & Mather, 1958) included 122, 45 of which were not included in either of the previous lists. Mather & Mather (1959) removed two names from the 1958 list because the material upon which their inclusion had been based was found to have been incorrectly determined and added two names based on new collecting data. Since 1959 we have prepared and given informal limited circulation to a number of revised manuscript lists, but in each case there have been questions of nomenclature and relationships awaiting resolution through publication by others. It now seems appropriate to issue as a second supplement, a list of the names of the 143 species now known to have been found in Mississippi, arranged in current sequence and designated by current names.

The 120 names included in the 1958 list still regarded as valid are given in their current form and position in the list without further comment. The two added in 1959 were Nastra neamathla (Skinner & Williams) (42) and Satyrium kingi (Klots & Clench) (86). The 21 additional names, indicated by "*" in the list, are included on the basis of evidence of their occurrence as summarized below. Watten-grenia egeremet (Scudder) (31) and Lethe anthedon (Clark) (136) were known prior to 1958 to be present in the Mississippi fauna; they are now regarded as species distinct from Wallengrenia otho (Smith) (30) and Lethe portlandia (Fabricius) (135) respectively, rather than forms of these. The remaining 19 additions represent new data on the Mississippi fauna. Work by Rick Kergosien added six: Amblyscirtes reversa Jones (10), Erynnis funeralis (Scudder & Burgess) (48), Urbanus d. dorantes (Stoll) (59), Brephidium isophthalma pseudofea (Morrison) (100), Anartia jatrophae guantanamo Munroe (113), and Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus) (121). Work by Charles T. Bryson added five: Poanes hobomok (Harris) (21), Problema byssus (Edwards) (25), Leptotes marina (Reakirt) (101), Euphydryas phaeton ozarkae Masters (127), and Lethe a. appalachia Chermock (138). We added four:

1 Contribution No. 329, Bureau of Entomology, Division of Plant Industry, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville, Florida 32602.

2 Research Associate, Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Division of Plant Industry, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville.

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Euphyes clukesi Lindsey (19), Poanes viator zizaniae Shapiro (24), Atrytone d. delaware (Edwards) (27), and Calycopis isobeon (Butler & Druce) (89). Work by MacDonald Fulton added Harkenclenus titus mopsus (Hiibner) (84) and Eumaeus atala florida Rober (88). Work by Roy Strickland added Megaihymus y. yuccae (Boisduval & LeConte) (1), and work by Charles Daniel added Speyeria c. cybele (Fabricius) (129).

In the 1958 list there was only one name for which no preserved specimen could then be located: Phoebis philea (Johansson) (76); there is still no known Mississippi specimen of this species. Two of the added species fall into this category; their addition being based only on sight records. The basis for their inclusion is as follows:

Eumaeus atala florida (88). Professor MacDonald Fulton, Department of Bacteriology, Mississippi State College for Women, Columbus, Mississippi wrote to me in October 1969 as follows: "In 1966 I saw and observed for at least 10 minutes here on the campus, Eumaeus atala (I assume the species—the genus is easy). It was a perfect specimen. No net." Dr. Fulton discussed this observation further with us and with Charles Bryson. There appears to be no doubt as to what he observed.

Hypolimnas misippus (121). In July and August 1970, Rick Ker-gosien and a number of his colleagues in Bay St. Louis, Hancock Co., Mississippi took a series of specimens of several species of generally more tropical facies than customary for Mississippi. These included: Anteos maerula lacordairei (25 July 70) and Anartia jatrophae guan-tanamo (30 July 70 and substantial numbers later). On 6 August 1970 at Bay St. Louis, he and two others observed a female Hypolimnas misippus. It lit, was swung at, was missed, and slowly flew away while being chased for 2-3 min. It went over a roof top and was not seen again. All three observers quickly went to Kergosien's residence to examine a female H. misippus in his collection. All three were in complete agreement that this was what they saw. The foregoing is summarized from a letter dated 6 August 1970 from Rick Kergosien to us.

Checklist of Mississippi Butterflies

1.    Megathymus yuccae yuccae (Boisduval & LeConte)

2.    Panoquina panoquin (Scudder)

3.    P. ocola (Edwards)

4.    Calpodes ethlius (Stoll)

5.    Oligoria maculata (Edwards)

6.    Lerodea eufala (Edwards)

7.    Amblyscirtes samoset (Scudder)

8.    A. aesculapius (Fabricius)

9.    A. Carolina (Skinner)

10.    A. reversa Jones

11.    A. vialis (Edwards)

12.    A. belli Freeman

13.    A. alternata (Grote & Robinson)

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14.    Atrytonopsis hianna hianna (Scudder)

15.    A. loammi (Whitney)

16.    Euphyes arpa (Boisduval & LeConte)

17.    E. palatka (Edwards)

18.    E. dion alabamae (Lindsey)

*   19. E. dukesi (Lindsey)

20. E. vestris metacomet (Harris)

*   21. Poanes hobomok (Harris)

22.    P. zabulon (Boisduval & LeConte)

23.    P. yehl (Skinner)

*   24. P. viator zizaniae Shapiro

*   25. Problema byssus (Edwards) 26. Atrytone arogos (Boisduval &

LeConte)

*   27. A. delaware delaware (Edwards)

28.    Atalopedes campestris (Boisduval)

29.    Pompeius verna sequoyah (Freeman)

30.    Wallengrenia otho (Smith)

*   31. W. egeremet (Scudder)

32.    Polites themistocles (Latreille)

33.    P. origenes origenes (Fabricius)

34.    P. vibex vibex (Geyer)

35.    Hesperia metea Scudder

36.    H. attains seminole (Scudder)

37.    Hylephila phyleus phyleus (Drury)

38.    Copaeodes minima (Edwards)

39.    Ancyloxypha numitor (Fabricius)

40.    Lerema accius (Smith)

41.    Nastra Iherminier (Latreille)

42.    N. neamathla (Skinner & Williams)

43.    Pholisora catullus (Fabricius)

44.    Pyrgus communis communis (Grote)

45.    P. oileus (Linnaeus)

46.    Erynnis brizo brizo (Boisduval & LeConte)

47.    E. zarucco (Lucas)

*   48. E. funeralis (Scudder & Burgess)

49.    E. martialis (Scudder)

50.    E. horatius (Scudder & Burgess)

51.    E. juvenalis juvenalis (Fabricius)

52.    Staphylus hayhurstii (Edwards)

53.    Thorybes bathyllus ( Smith)

54.    T. pylades (Scudder)

55.    T. confusis Bell

56.    Achalarus lyciades (Geyer)

57.    Autochton cellus (Boisduval & LeConte)

58.    Urbanus proteus proteus (Linnaeus)

*   59. U. dorantes dorantes (Stoll)

60.    Epargyreus clams clarus (Cramer)

61.    Battus philenor philenor (Linnaeus)

62.    P. polyxenes asterius Stoll

63.    P. cresphontes cresphontes Cramer

64.    F. glaucus glaucus Linnaeus

65.    F. troilus troilus Linnaeus

66.    F. palamedes palamedes Drury

67.    Graphium marcellus (Cramer)

68.    Pieris protodice protodice Boisduval & LeConte

69.    F. rapae (Linnaeus)

70.    Ascia monuste phileta (Fabricius)

71.    Colias eurytheme eurytheme Boisduval

72.    C. philodice philodice Godart

73.    C. (Zerene) cesonia (Stoll)

74.    Anteos maerula lacordairei (Boisduval)

75.    Phoebis sennae eubule (Linnaeus)

76.    F. philea (Johansson)

77.    Eurema daira daira (Godart)

78.    E. mexicana (Boisduval)

79.    E. lisa lisa Boisduval & LeConte

80.    E. nicippe (Cramer)

81.    Nathalis iole Boisduval

82.    Anthocharis midea midea (Hiibner)

83.    Calephelis virginiensis Gray

*   84. Harkenclenus titus mopsus

(Hiibner)

85.    Satyrium liparops strigosa (Harris)

86.    S. kingi (Klots & Clench)

87.    S. calanus falacer (Godart)

*   88. Eumaeus atala florida Rober

*   89. Calycopis isobeon (Butler &

Druce)

90.    C. cecrops (Fabricius)

91.    Callophrys henrici turneri Clench

92.    C. augustinus croesioides Scudder

93.    C. niphon niphon (Hiibner)

94.    C. gryneus gryneus (Hiibner)

95.    Atlides halesus halesus (Cramer)

96.    Euristrymon Ontario Ontario (Edwards)

97.    Panthiades m-album m-album (Boisduval & LeConte)

98.    Strymon melinus melinus Hiibner

99.    Lycaena thoe Guerin-Meneville *100. Brephidium isophthalma

pseudofea (Morrison)

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Note added in proof: Species No. 144, Erynnis baptisiae (Forbes), was added to the list of those known from Mississippi as a result of one male having been taken on 19 March 1976 by Mike Rickard at the Big Biloxi Recreation Area, Harrison Co., on blackberry blossoms along the railroad track. The determination was confirmed by Dr. John M. Burns who previously (1964) regarded it as "rather surprising" that it had not then yet been found in Mississippi.

Literature Cited

Burns, J. M. Evolution in skipper butterflies of the genus Erynnis. Univ. of Calif.

Publ. Ent., vol. 37, 214 p. Hutchins, R. E. 1933. Annotated list of Mississippi Rhopalocera. Can. Ent. 65:

210-213. Mather, B. and K. Mather. 1958. The butterflies of Mississippi. Tulane Stud.

Zool. 6: 63-109. ---------- and ----------. 1959. The butterflies of Mississippi—Supplement No. 1. J.

Lepid. Soc. 13: 71-72. Weed, H. E. 1894. A preliminary list of the butterflies of north-eastern Mississippi.

Psyche 7: 129-131.